Snow scoop or shovel



characteristic ease in operation.

it is also its element of strain and ultlmate Patented July 24, 1 928.

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' japplicationwfiled January Ofthe various: devices-[for clearing snowfalls by hand :the so-called'scoop has eometo be one of the most popularby reason of :its efficiency and its availability.

The: greatestwdifliculty withthe jscoop :has been its inability itowithstand .overstraimor, in other words, gltS general Y design. was.such that over-zeal-on the part ofithewworkerior unusually adverse 1conditions in the snow to be cleared was apt tobreakor overstrain thedevice. W

As a hand implement, its range of weight is'limited so thatincreasedstrength can not be attained by-mere structural augmentation.'To efiect the necessary increase in strength, Without increasein-Weight or cumbersomeness, we have devised-our presentinvention. Thescoop "shown in i the accompanying drawings is a commercial embodimentofthe 'principles involved. iiiloiizthe characters indicating thesever-ah vparts in the drawings reference is made inthe accompanyingspecification. In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a rear perspective view of such a scoop.

Fig. 2 a front View of same, and

Fig. 3 a longitudinal section onthe line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

The upwardly rising or angularly disposed handle of the scoop is thefactor of its However,

destruction in the ordinary course of use.

7e, therefore, consider and treat our handle as a part necessarily inbent lever relation to the runners 2. This will be discussed more indetail, but it will be understood that infthe presence of crust or ofheavy or compacted snow, deliberate or accidental increase of leveragecreates a very severe strain at the apex of the angle (which generallyis the fulcrum) of the leverage'as a whole.

Considering now the runners 2, we provide these with angular ends 2 andforward prows 2 At the prow ends we inset a cross bar 3 which extendstransversely the full width of the scoop. The top of the cross bar .3lies flush with the top of the runners 2 to permit the bottom boards 4to be laid close and drawn tight so as to avoid play while securingthemaximum bracing effect. The lateral bottom boards 4 are extendedbeyond "snow soo'or 'on s eet;

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'the rear or beveled ends 2 of the irunnersto ifDL'Ij'i side supports.for thehandles 1.

The handles 1 are conveniently tapered at hei1-uuppeivend and. receive aro s. bee v bolted thereon. At their lower ends ithe handlesincrease-(in tliickness as} at 1, and .meet at their bottom ends, withthe ';incli, ;d ends 2 of the runncrs2 so thatthey in ,faot projectunder. the rear JQ lld ofthe runners. These angles ofthebent leversformfidiiby the. runner and handles are reiri;fprc ed by the upturnedrear ends of the; runn er shoes .6, which are bolted through. thewidened 1 p0r- .yti011S1 of the handles. 'The lower endsof the handles 1are .roundeddn /a continuous curate from the undercut lowen edges of therunners 211p to the straight.Widenedbearing 1 of the baclrof;theghandle. .,-This giyesan -externally,reinforced angle between rnnnertilted position. It also aids in shaking back trimmings for a full loadwhen clearing up.

Thus we see the runner and handles interlocked and externally braced andshod as well as laterally supported by the' rear ends of the boards 4:

We may next consider the scoop back 7 which extends down to and inbearing upon the upper rear ends of the runners. This affords the firstcross lock for the inside angle of the leverage.

7 Next the central floor boards 4 are extended rearwardly across thelower edge of the back 7 and form an intermediate handle spacing braceopposed to and in the plane of the extended ends of the outer boards 4The sides 8 extend from the rear ends of their lateral bottom boards 4to the forward tip of the scoop where they have a forward taper formingan inclined edge which is also outwardly beveled. These form sidecutting edges which are shod with a strip of steel 8 folded and bent toprotect the'edge of the bevel and thecorner of the scoop, the bevelbeing filled at its juncture with the scoop bottom by a portion of theboards 4 or otherwise.

The forward ends of the runner shoes 6 are covered up and protected by atransverse metal point 9 folded over and riveted at 9 to the front edgeof the flooring 4 and affording with the metal shod beveled edges 8 acontinuous cutting front to the scoop. Two of the rivets 9 pass throughthe runner and shoe ends. The top and bottom folds of the metallicsheathing 9 are of the same width and the rivets 9 pass through bothfolds, as well as the included wood between saidfolds. This constructionaffords ample engaging surface for the rivets. The heads of the rivetsare lodged in the upper fold of the metal and thus have good anchorage.

The scoop may be operated as any-ordinary scoop is now used, except thatit may be worked harder and with greater efficiency and'can be used tocut and break blocks or crust and can be readily reversed-tofpull out aload. i

The structural embodiments, details and combinations may be variouslyused and re cast in variants of the form shown. 1 WVhat we thereforeclaimand desire to'se cure by Letters Patent is: g 1 y 1. In a snowscoop, a floor,a pair ofrunnersbeneath said floor and extendinglongitudinally the entire length thereof, the front ends of said runnersbeing formed as prows and merging with said floor, metalshoes on saidrunners, a folded metal strip covering the bottom edge of said floor andthe ends of said prows and shoes, and means set through said floor, saidshoes, and said prows to hold the same in rigid relation to eachother. rr i I 2. In a snow scoop comprising bottom and side walls, the forwardends" of said walls being beveled, sheet metal guards on the edges ofsaid walls, a pair of runners, the front endsof said runners beingformed as prows and merging with said bottom, a

metal reinforcement covering the lower edge of said bottom and theincluded material of said runners, said reinforcement on said bottomadjoining said metal guards on the edges of said side walls to present aconguards in rigid relation to the entire length of said bottom, apairof handles contacting the upper ends ofsaid runners, runner shoesextending about said runners and handle juncture and fastened to saidhandle thereabout, the opposite end of said runners and shoes beingextended as a prow and merging with said bottom, and a folded sheetmetalstrip covering the lower edge of said bottom'and said-mergingrunners',-, and, means passing therethrough w.

hold said bottom and said relation to each other. g

In testimony whereof We affix our signatures. e 7 GEORGE L. CROSMAN.

ARTHUR P. NASO'N.;

runners in rigid

